170 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Alysicarpus. 
long. Leaves cordate-ovate, or oblong or lanceolate, 1—2 in. long, firm, 
both sides pale green and prominently veined, glabrous or nearly so. 
Racemes axillary and terminal, stalked, st 4—6-flowered. Pedicel 
1-1} lines long. Calyx a line deep, subglabrous, cleft nearly to the 
base, the teeth linear.” Pod }—8 in. long, J in. thick, articulations 3-4, 
oblong with deep constrictions between them, glabrous, and very slightly 
wrinkled.—A. vaginalis, Hochst. in Kotsch. Pl. Nub. 27, and Schimp. 
Hb. Abyss. 2251, non DC. 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy, 27! Abyssinia, Schimper! 
A common East Indian species. 
2. A. vaginalis, DC. Prod. ii. 353. Stems annual or biennial, 
copiously and diffusely branched, sometimes 3 or 4 ft. long, tough, 
slender, glabrous or finely hairy. Stipules lanceolate, pale, striated, 
generally exceeding the petioles, which are 2 or 3 lines long. Leaves 
cordate-ovate or oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, texture firm, both 
sides pale green and prominently veined, glabrous or nearly so, Racemes 
axillary and terminal, rather denser and more numerously flowered 
than in the preceding. Pedicel a line long. Calyx obconical, slightly 
hairy, 2 lines deep, scarious, striated, the teeth lanceolate, reaching 
more than halfway down. Pod sessile, 4—3 in. long, more than a line 
thick, 4~6-jointed, scarcely at all constricted, the articulations rather 
longer than broad, deeply wrinkled, slightly pubescent.—Guill. et Perr. 
Fl. Seneg. 210. A. nummularifolius, DC. Prod. l.c. Hedysarum bupleu- 
rifolium, Reich. in Sieb. Pl. Seneg. No. 39, non Linn. 4. Harmer, 
Schweinf. Rel. Kots, 24, t. 19. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Senegambia, Sieber! Heudelot! 
Guinea proper, Vogel! Barter ! 
Wile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Petherick! ‘ 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Loando, and highlands of Ambaca, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! : 
A common weed in the Tropics of the Old World, and introduced into America. 
3. A. ferrugineus, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 806. An 
undershrub 2-8 ft. high, with firm ascending branches, clothed upwards 
with fine silky spreading brown hairs. Stipules lanceolate, 3 in. deep, 
much exceeding the very short petioles. Leaves cordate-oblong, the 
largest 1} in. long by 1 in. broad, apex rounded, mucronate, subcoria- 
ceous, both sides pale green and prominently veined, glabrous 0 
nearly so. Racemes stalked, terminal, the upper part or the whole 
dense, sometimes 6—9 in. long. Pedicels silky, 14-2 lines long. Bracts 
“obovate cuspidate, equalling the calyces, which are 3 in. deep and like 
them clothed, especially along the edge, with ferruginous silky hairs, 
the teeth imbricated, reaching down nearly to the base. Pod equalling 
or exceeding the calyx, 1 line thick, deeply constricted, articulations 
3—4, subglobose, not wrinkled.—A. Rich. FL Abyss. i. 207. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit! Plowden! 
4. A, Zeyheri, Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 230. A copiously branched an 
cending perennial, not more than a foot high, with obscurely gte)- 
